Photograph: Kirsty Laughlin Space Intelligence wins UK government backing to turn peatlands carbon negative An ambitious Space Intelligence project to save peatland using Earth observation data has received UK government funding – which could lead to the equivalent of London’s …
Looks like art? It’s actually a satellite view of Xigaze, China from a Worldview satellite at sub-meter resolution, captured from Google Earth. © 2020 Maxar Technologies The AI revolution in satellite data explained Not long ago, satellite data was all …
We’ve won £100K to map Scotland’s Landcover and Restoration Opportunities We’re delighted to announce we have been chosen to progress to Phase 2 of the ‘AI for Good Challenge’, managed by Scottish Enterprise via the CAN DO Innovation Challenge Fund …
Did the Covid-19 lockdown really boost bees and wildflowers in Scotland? During the lockdown, we came across this fascinating article “Coronavirus may prove boost for UK’s bees and rare wildflowers”. Road verges are a key habitat for wildflowers in the …
Covid-19 update Almost regardless of where you are in the world, these have been era-defining weeks as we experience the spread of the pandemic. Here in Edinburgh we’re now officially in something close to lockdown, along with, according to the …
We’re delighted to have been chosen as a prize-winner for Nesta’s AI for Good campaign. The campaign aims to support and champion the use of artificial intelligence to solve social challenges across Scotland. We’ll be working together with the Scottish …
Space Intelligence can announce that we have won funding from the Scottish Government to improve landcover mapping across Scotland. Using field data and expertise from Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish Wildlife Trust, we will use our advanced Machine Learning, …
Space Intelligence is delighted to have Dr Keiko Nomura join the team as a Senior Analyst. Dr Nomura brings to the team a great wealth of experience in remote sensing analytics, and a career history work in the international community. …
Deforestation for palm oil production has again received international attention in light of allegations that plantation linked to major household names has been encroaching on protected peatland area. We thought this would be a good opportunity to look at the …
Earlier this year, Unilever decided to release the locations of all of its mills used for palm oil production. The locations of 1431 mills were disclosed. This is very useful information for scientists as these locations can be compared to …